Bengaluru/New Delhi, June 10 -- The emerging dissatisfaction within the newly sworn-in Karnataka Cabinet over portfolio allocation is beginning to expose early fault lines in the Congress' internal power management, even as Chief Minister DK Shivakumar travels to New Delhi for consultations with the party high command.
Shivakumar's visit is being viewed within political circles not merely as routine engagement, but as a damage-control exercise aimed at containing widening discontent among ministers who feel sidelined in the distribution of key portfolios.
At the centre of the unease is Food and Civil Supplies Minister KH Muniyappa, who has reportedly conveyed dissatisfaction with his current assignment, reviving questions over whether sen...